Utrecht, 28 January 2020 – A European consortium of scientists receives a total of 9 million euros for research into the treatment of brain damage in premature babies. Of the 9 million euros, 1.2 million euros goes to researchers at UMC Utrecht within the program of Regenerative Medicine (RMU). “With this European subsidy we are…

On the 29th and 30th of January 2020, the second annual consortium meeting of the iPSpine project was held in Nantes, France. iPSpine is a 5-year project aiming to design a novel therapy for chronic lower back pain related to disc degeneration. This therapy will use advanced stem cells and smart biomaterials that can rejuvenate…

Note: This article has been translated from fmtgezodheidszorg.nl. The text is written by Dietske van der Brugge and published in edition 5/6 2019 of FMT Gezondheidszorg (in Dutch). In all editions of FMT Gezondheidszorg, you can read about new developments in medical technology.   The desire to provide ‘the right care in the right place’…

As a pediatrician at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht, Sabine Fuchs sees many children with metabolic disorders. The liver does not function adequately in most of them. However, a liver transplant is not an option for many of these children. Together with veterinarian and scientist Hedwig Kruitwagen of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fuchs…

Is your dog’s hernia as bad as that of humans? What if you find that your beloved Labrador dog has difficulty descending the stairs or is no longer wagging into the car to go to the beach? Something is clearly wrong, but how do you recognize what’s going on? In the popular TV show ‘De…